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<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section A</h2><h3>Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography</h3><h3>0567-7394</h3> <h2>international union of crystallography</h2> Volume 27 Part 5 Pages 497-506 September 1971 <h2>Eighth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography</h2> International Union of Crystallography 497 International Union of Crystallography Acta Cryst. (1971). A27, 497 Eighth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography By invitation of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Eighth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography were held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A., from 13 to 21 August 1969. Meetings were held in the Lecture Hall Center, the Earth and Space Sciences Building and the Social Sciences Building. In addition, Topical Meetings were held at the State University College at Buffalo from 7 to 12 August, the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 22 to 24 August, and Brookhaven National Laboratory from 22 to 23 August. The meetings were attended by about 750 scientists and 310 accompanying members from the U.S.A. and 750 scientists and 80 accompanying members from the following thirty-five countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bel- gium, Brazil, B.R.D., Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, D.D.R., Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand,